科技翻譯中數(shù)字及倍數(shù)的翻譯

1、Translation of Numerals and Multiples,Contents,1.Integer of these about 80 are metals. 人類已知的化學(xué)元素有100種以上，其中有80種是金屬. 4.Upwards of seven thousand medical workers have left fot the earthquake district,有7000多名醫(yī)務(wù)人員前往震區(qū)。 5.The patients are children of three years old and upwards. 這些病人是三歲和三歲以上的兒童. 6.The eff

2、iciency of the best of these engines is under/below/less than/no more than 40%. 這些發(fā)動機(jī)中效率最好的也不到40%. 7.It took three years less than one month for them to develop the new material. 他們花了三年差一個月研制這種材料. 8.Helium(氮) in the air is a little under 1%. 空氣中氮的含量略低于1,at least V + by/ to + n times; V+n-fold; V+by

3、a factor of, 表“增加到 n倍,增加了(n-1)倍,i.帶“增大”意思的動詞: increase, rise, grow, go up 連接by+單位/n%,表凈增量,數(shù)詞 n 可照譯 ii.用an increase of n/ a n increase表凈增多的數(shù)量,n 照譯,用表示倍數(shù)的動詞: double, treble, quadruple,quintuble,sextuple, septuple, octuple等, 表示量的增加,1.The sales of industrial electronic products have multiplied six times

4、. 工業(yè)電子產(chǎn)品銷售額增加了5倍 2.The strength of the attraction increases by four times if the distance between the original charges is behalved. 如果原電荷的距離縮短一半,則引力就增大到原來的4倍.(Or.則引力比原來大3倍) 3.This year, the production of this kind of machine in our plant is estimated to increase to 3 times compared with 1980. 今年我廠這種

5、機(jī)器的產(chǎn)量預(yù)計是1980年的3倍.(Or今年我廠這種機(jī)器的產(chǎn)量預(yù)計比1980年增長了2倍) 4.By 1999 the production of primary copper has increased five-fold. 到1999年，原銅產(chǎn)量增長了4倍,5.The drain voltage has been increased by a factor of 4. 漏電壓增加了3倍. 6.The output went up 45,000 tons. 產(chǎn)量增加了45000噸. 7.The production has increased by 45%. 生產(chǎn)已增加了45%. 8.Aut

6、omation will help us to raise the output of production by thirty percent. 自動化能幫助我們提高產(chǎn)量30%. 9.Industrial output rose by 0.9 percent in June. 6月份產(chǎn)量增長了0.9%. 10.The new airport will double the capacity of the existing one. 新機(jī)場是現(xiàn)有機(jī)場容量的2倍,11.The population has nearly trebled in forty years. 人口在40年中增加了近2倍.

7、 12.The company quadrupled output to around 20 million tons. 該公司把產(chǎn)量增至2000萬噸左右，是原來的4倍. 13.The output has been quintupled since 1998. 1998年以來,產(chǎn)量已增長了4倍. 14.There is an increase of 4.5 million tons of steel as compared with last year. 鋼產(chǎn)量比去年增加了450萬噸. 15.There is a 25% increase of steel as compared with

8、last year. 鋼產(chǎn)量比去年增加了25,Decrease of numerals,用表示減少的動詞： decrease,reduce. V +by n times; V+ n times; V+by a fact- or of + n; V+n times as +adj/adv+ as表 示減少了n分之(n-1), 減少到n分之1,用表示減少的動詞： decrease,reduce, fall, lower, drop, decline等,連接by n/n%,以及用聯(lián)系 動詞連接n less than 表“凈減量”,n照譯,用表示減少的動詞： decrease,reduce, fall

9、,lower,drop. 連接to + n/n%表示 減少到n/n,1.100 decreased by 90 is 10. 100減去90等于10. 2.The output decreased by 40%. 產(chǎn)量下降了40%. 3.The cost of radio receivers was reduced by 60%. 收音機(jī)成本降低了60%. 4.This process used 35% less fuel. 這種工藝少用了35%的燃料. 5.The price cost has decreased by the three times as against 1949. 成本價

10、格比1949年降低了2 /3. 6.The bandwith was reduced by two times. 帶寬減少了二分之一,7.The pre-heating time for the new type thermal meter is shortened 5 times. 這種新型熱電式儀表的預(yù)熱時間縮短了4/5. 8.The length of laser tube was reduced ten times. 激光管的長度縮短了十分之九. 9.The equipment under development will reduce the error probability by

11、 a factor of 7. 正在研制的設(shè)備將使誤差概率減小到1/7. 10.The error probability of the equipment was reduced by 2.5 times through technical innovation. 通過技術(shù)革新該設(shè)備的誤差概率降低3/5. 11.The new motor is 2 times as light as the old one. 這臺新電動機(jī)比原來那臺輕了一半,12.The output was reduced to 45,000 tons. 產(chǎn)量降到了45,000噸. 13.The pollution was reduced to 25%. 污染減少到了25%. 14.By the year 2003